We found this funny/disturbing video on YouTube of a step aerobics class at the Hotel Melas. We're not quite sure which Hotel Melas it is but we have a feeling it's the one in Turkey.

However, if people doing step aerobics in bikinis and banana hammocks makes you ill, the TripAdvisor reviews on this place report several guests getting ill with diarrhea and dehydration. Yuck. Btw if you can bare it (heh, heh), this same YouTube user has a video of people doing the macarena...yup again in their bathing suits.

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While we are on the topic of hotel room views today....

In this fast-paced superlative-chasing world of ours--best, fastest, wildest--we were recently pleasantly surprised to find a new-to-us hotel that claims to be a first. The Marmara Antalya, on the Mediterranean in Anatalya, Turkey, bills itself as the world's very first revolving hotel.

Talk about a room with a view. Make that multiple views. The Marmara Anatalya's "Revolving Loft" is a 24-room wing that rotates between two and 22 times every 24 hours. For those who prefer stationery digs, the hotel's 208-room main building sits perfectly still 24-7.

MORE ]]> barbarab 2007-08-02T15:00:28-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/2/5/223248/4458 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/icon_small_hell.gif" align="right">You know a reviewer didn't like a hotel when he starts his review out like this:</p><blockquote><p> There is no idea on Earth so bad that it cannot be made significantly worse by the injection of very large sums of money.</blockquote></p><p>Ouch. And it gets even worse. The hotel being scathed is the futuristic new <a href="http://www.adamevehotels.com/"><b>Adam and Eve</b></a> in Belek, Turkey, near Antalya. The dream of a Turkish photocopier-salesman-turned-millionaire, it sounds like it has a lot going for it: claiming to have the world's longest bar AND the world's longest swimming pool. But you should know that the longest doesn't always mean the best: </p><blockquote><p>Yes, the 88m bar is the longest in the world; but if we're going to amandak 2007-02-06T14:17:06-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2005/2/21/11025/4723 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/turkey_hotels.jpg" align="right"></p> <p>When <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2004/10/7/74154/3802/Title/Karim_Rashid_Designer">Karim Rashid,</a> self proclaimed world changer, wearer of all white all the time, and now, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2005/2/18/8010/88410/Title/%26quot%3BHello_I_m_Single">hotelier,</a> goes hotel shopping, we are guessing the <a href="http://www.hillside.com.tr">Hillside Su</a> is near the top of his list.</p> <p>Hillside Su is an all-white design hotel on Turkey's southern Mediterranean coast. The hotel boasts cordless phones, a balcony with a sofa, a bar with "a range of booze", and mood lighting. Yup, that's right, when you check-in to Hillside Su you will be asked to choose between pink, white, or red mood lighting for your room. Oh, and each room is equipped with big giant mirrors on the wall. Whaa, Chicka, Whaa, Whaa.</p> <p>Furthermore, the television in your room comes markj 2005-02-21T11:20:39-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/